Philomycus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the family Philomycidae, the mantleslugs.[1]
| Philomycus | |
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| Philomycus carolinianus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Philomycidae |
| Genus: | Philomycus Rafinesque, 1820 |
Biology
editThese slugs create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.[2]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Philomycus include:
- Philomycus batchi - dusky mantleslug
- Philomycus bilineatus
- Philomycus bisdosus - grayfoot mantleslug
- Philomycus cardmensis
- Philomycus carolinianus - Carolina mantleslug
- Philomycus dorsalis
- Philomycus flexuolaris - winding mantleslug
- Philomycus pennsylvanicus
- Philomycus sellatus - Alabama mantleslug
- Philomycus togatus - toga mantleslug
- Philomycus venustus - brown-spotted mantleslug
- Philomycus virginicus - Virginia mantleslug
References
edit- ^ Capinera, J. L., et al. Terrestrial Slugs of Florida (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). EENY-493 (IN891). Entomology and Nematology. Florida Cooperative Extension Service. University of Florida IFAS. Published 2011, revised 2013.
- ^ Tompa, A. S. (1980). The ultrastructure and mineralogy of the dart from Philomycus carolinianus (Pulmonata: Gastropoda) with a brief survey of the occurrence of darts in land snails. Veliger 23, 35-42.
External links
edit- Philomycus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).